Ever present

West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster was one of only five players in the entire Premier League to play every single minute of every match last season.

Foster, who received a nomination for the Football Writers’ Association end-of-season award, has been set back with injuries during his stay at The Hawthorns, but those he avoided in the recently-ended campaign as the Baggies posted a tenth-placed finish.

Along with Foster, who kept six clean sheets in the season, was compatriot and fellow goalkeeper Fraser Forster.

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New kit

West Brom have revealed that their new home kit will be unveiled at 8:00am.

The teaser tweet from their official Twitter account features a glimpse of the new top, modelled by record signing Nacer Chadli, that will be worn in the 2017-18 campaign.

Albion confirmed their place in England’s top flight way back in February when they hit 40 points with victory over Bournemouth, though they’d only earn five points from their remaining 12 games and finished tenth.

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Connor Goldson of Brighton and Hove Albion and Callum McManaman of Sheffield Wednesday

Blunt up front

Tony Pulis concedes that West Brom simply didn’t have enough options to turn to at the front end of the pitch as Albion’s campaign stuttered to a finish suffering something of a goal drought.

In the club’s final 12 games, they failed to find the net in eight of them.

Salomon Rondon, the Baggies’ most prominent forward who at one stage of the campaign appeared set to comfortably pass into double figures, ended with a paltry total of eight having scored just once in 23 matches.

Hal Robson-Kanu, who was brought in as a back-up, managed three efforts across the whole season, leaving plenty of pressure for those at the back of the pitch to deliver.

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New fixture

West Brom will head to Port Vale as part of their pre-season preparations for the 2017-18 campaign this summer.

Albion have annouced that the trip to meet the Valiants in the Potteries will take place on Tuesday, August 1 - the same evening they also have a friendly planned with Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough.

The Baggies will send teams to both grounds on the night, as they also plan to do when they visit both Burton and Walsall on Wednesday, July 26.

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Kelechi interest

West Bromwich Albion have shown an interest in signing Man City striker Kelechi Iheanacho.

His agent has confirmed that West Brom are one of a number of clubs looking to sign the 20-year-old in the summer.

West Ham, Everton, Southampton, Borussia Dortmund, and Hoffenheim are also said to have registered interest in the striker.

The Nigerian hasn’t had as much game time at the Etihad this season - not as much as he’d have liked, anyway - and chances aren’t likely to come any quicker with Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus ahead of him.